Canada Letter: Looking back on 2022

The Times’s journalists in Canada reflect on some of the stories and reporting experiences that marked 2022. 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North Spirit Lake in October.Amber Bracken for The New York Times Last December, I visited Curve Lake First Nation near Peterborough, Ontario, to interview Chief Emily Whetung about the water access crisis in her community. Curve Lake was one of three lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit, settled that month, that claimed Canada [breached its legal obligations to First Nations](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8xMi8yMy93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvaW5kaWdlbm91cy13YXRlci1sYXdzdWl0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMTIzMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04MTM3MiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjEyNTkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmOhUBawY_uxPPNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) for failing to ensure access to safe drinking water on reserves. Almost one year after that, I traveled to a remote community called North Spirit Lake First Nation to continue reporting about the enduring boil water advisories on many Indigenous reserves. (You can read the article here: [With Unfit Drinking Water, Indigenous Communities in Canada Bear Hardship](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yNC93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvY2FuYWRhLWluZGlnZW5vdXMtcG9wdWxhdGlvbnMtZHJpbmtpbmctd2F0ZXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMjMxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTgxMzcyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyMTI1OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)) Getting to Curve Lake was a two-hour car ride along Ontario’s eastbound 400-series highway, but in October, it took three flights for me to get from Toronto to North Spirit Lake. Our photographer, Amber Bracken, made the trip from Edmonton, and we were greeted on the tarmac, to my delight and slight trepidation, by foxes. It is the furthest north in Canada that I have ever been, and one of the most memorable moments of my reporting trip was meeting Thomasine Meekis. As a teenager, Ms. Meekis helped survey the first roads on the isolated reserve and remembers the first time she heard a telephone ring while playing cards next to a kerosene lamp, signals of the modernity to come. 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But keeping alive the traditions of hunting, trapping, fishing and living off the land and natural water systems are important for Ms. Meekis. “How I describe it with my kids is they have to figure out how to walk in both worlds,” she told me. The days of hauling lake water in five-gallon pails were supposed to end when the water treatment plant was built in 1999. Instead, the community has been under a boil water advisory since 2001. It means residents have to boil their water for at least one minute before it’s considered safe to drink. Still, Ms. Meekis and her daughter, Casey, contracted E. coli in 2018. Casey was medically evacuated to a hospital with a fever that reached 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA1JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjEyMzFXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA What struck me about Ms. Meekis is her determination to, as she described it, walk in both worlds despite the challenges facing her reserve. “Home is always going to be here. North Spirit Lake is not going to lift up its skirt and leave,” she told me. “When I’m in my community and in my land, I feel connected to my family.” — VJOSA ISAI A protester in Ottawa in February pointing to the highway that he wanted fellow demonstrators to head toward.Ian Austen/The New York Times During the truck blockade that shut down much of downtown Ottawa for most of February, I persuaded the Fairmont Chatêau Laurier, which was otherwise shut, to rent me a room to use as an office. Colleagues from other cities and photographers on assignment for The Times would later join me in its largely empty halls, with the sound of blaring truck airhorns outside drifting through them along with cries of “freedom” from the street below. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4OTY3JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjEyMzFXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA With the roads shut and buses rerouted, I walked home, about three kilometers, every night and returned on foot each morning. That gave me some escape from the noise and a chance to assess the blockade. The images that most captured the world’s attention came from the weekends when thousands of people poured in to protest. Many of those people, likely most of them, seemed more interested in being part of an unruly, out-of-control street party than making a political statement. During weekday mornings, it was a much more desultory scene. Uncleared snow made many of the roads and sidewalks treacherously slippery. A pungent mixture of diesel exhaust fumes and spilled fuel filled the air. The protesters were not early risers, making the streets seem like an abandoned, chaotic parking lot for often ramshackle trucks. On the morning of the 11th day of the blockade, however, I spotted an unusual flurry of activity. It was along Kent Street, normally a busy route between the Trans-Canada Highway and bridges to Quebec. Much of Kent is lined with apartment blocks, big and small, ranging from luxury condos to public housing. Up ahead a man was kicking jerrycans, folding chairs and other small objects the protesters had left to block the road. In a bellowing voice, presumably to wake late sleepers, he was telling the protesters that they had more than overstayed their welcome and it was time to go. Eventually he was encircled by a small group of protesters who were upset about his street-clearing methods and his vigorous use of obscenities to underscore the get-out-of-town message. A woman quickly pulled out a phone and began recording. After he walked away them, the man and I spoke. He told me that he was a federal public servant who, like most of his neighbors, had been driven to distraction and to exhaustion by the noise, pollution, harassment and the general disruption of the protests. (He gave me his name but, months later, it’s unclear in my notes that he agreed to be identified.) Beside us, a semi-tractor roared to life, its poorly maintained engine temporarily blotting out the sun with a cloud of malodorous black smoke. His tirade against the protest was not one-time event. And as the man told me that it was his new morning ritual, a protester approached us to apologize for what the turmoil blockade had brought to the city’s residents. But when protester began to offer some false information about vaccines as a rationale for the disruption, a burly man in coveralls came up and abruptly ordered the apologetic man to move along and not speak to journalists. Even within a protest with “freedom” as its battle cry, freedom of speech seemed had limits. — IAN AUSTEN Trans Canada Mani Soleymanlou in Montreal Renaud Philippe for The New York Times - When Mani Soleymanlou began acting, he was offered roles as taxi drivers and janitors with Islamic names. That he now stars as a cop named Coco is [indicative of broader shifts in a changing Quebec](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8zMC93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvbWFuaS1zdWxleW1hbmxvdS1xdWViZWMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMjMxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTgxMzcyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyMTI1OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), writes Nori Onishi in this week’s Saturday Profile. - Alberta has ratcheted up the long-running schism between western and eastern Canada by approving a bill that would allow the province to [ignore any federal laws and regulations it opposes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yNS93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvY2FuYWRhLWFsYmVydGEtZGFuaWVsbGUtc21pdGguaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMjMxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTgxMzcyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyMTI1OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), writes Ian Austen. Some critics have described the move as an unconstitutional threat to the basic fabric of the country’s government. - Beginning in January, Canada will [ban most foreigners from buying residential property](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yOS9yZWFsZXN0YXRlL2NhbmFkYS1iYW5zLWZvcmVpZ24tYnV5ZXJzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMTIzMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04MTM3MiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjEyNTkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmOhUBawY_uxPPNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) for two years. - Ian Tyson, the [revered Canadian folk singer](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yOS9hcnRzL211c2ljL2lhbi10eXNvbi1kZWFkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMTIzMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04MTM3MiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjEyNTkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmOhUBawY_uxPPNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), died. He was 89. - A snowstorm over Christmas weekend left [thousands of Canadians without power](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yNC93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvY2FuYWRhLXdlYXRoZXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMjMxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTgxMzcyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyMTI1OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). In British Columbia, the icy road conditions were a factor in a [bus crash that killed four people](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yNS93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvYnJpdGlzaC1jb2x1bWJpYS1idXMtY3Jhc2guaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMjMxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTgxMzcyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyMTI1OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY6FQFrBj-7E881IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and left dozens seriously injured. - Daystar Peterson, a Canadian rapper better known as Tory Lanez, was [found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of shooting](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yMy9hcnRzL211c2ljL3RvcnktbGFuZXotbWVnYW4tdGhlZS1zdGFsbGlvbi12ZXJkaWN0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMTIzMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04MTM3MiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjEyNTkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmOhUBawY_uxPPNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) a fellow artist, Megan Thee Stallion, in both of her feet following an argument in 2020. He faces more than 20 years in prison and could be deported. - “I knew coming to Team U.S.A. was the best decision for me and my career and my performance. For me, mentally and physically, being in a safe place was so important,” said Kaillie Humphries, a bobsledder who became the first athlete to win Olympic gold medals for both Canada and the United States. Ms. Humphries [split from Canada’s team following complaints](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlkptQP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMi8yNi9zcG9ydHMvb2x5bXBpY3Mva2FpbGxpZS1odW1waHJpZXMtYm9ic2xlZC1tb25vYm9iLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMTIzMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04MTM3MiZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjEyNTkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmOhUBawY_uxPPNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) of mental and verbal abuse. 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